diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
index cffac7782c4b..0ad4ebc80eba 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,9 @@ int dat_get_cmma(union asce asce, gfn_t *start, unsigned int *count, u8 *values,
 	};
 
 	_dat_walk_gfn_range(*start, asce_end(asce), asce, &ops, DAT_WALK_IGN_HOLES, &state);
+	/* If no dirty pages were found, wrap around and continue searching */
+	if (*start && state.start == -1)
+		_dat_walk_gfn_range(0, *start, asce, &ops, DAT_WALK_IGN_HOLES, &state);
 
 	if (state.start == -1) {
 		*count = 0;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c
index e6e786811db8..0f944944badf 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.c
@@ -1073,23 +1073,46 @@ int gmap_protect_rmap(struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc, struct gmap *sg, gfn_t p_gf
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static long __set_cmma_dirty_pte(union pte *ptep, gfn_t gfn, gfn_t next, struct dat_walk *walk)
+static long __set_cmma_clean_pte(union pte *ptep, gfn_t gfn, gfn_t next, struct dat_walk *walk)
 {
-	__atomic64_or(PGSTE_CMMA_D_BIT, &pgste_of(ptep)->val);
+	union pgste pgste;
+
+	pgste = pgste_get_lock(ptep);
+	pgste.cmma_d = 0;
+	pgste_set_unlock(ptep, pgste);
+
 	if (need_resched())
 		return next;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void gmap_set_cmma_all_dirty(struct gmap *gmap)
+static long __set_cmma_dirty_pte(union pte *ptep, gfn_t gfn, gfn_t next, struct dat_walk *walk)
 {
-	const struct dat_walk_ops ops = { .pte_entry = __set_cmma_dirty_pte, };
+	union pgste pgste;
+
+	pgste = pgste_get_lock(ptep);
+	if (!pgste.cmma_d)
+		atomic64_inc(walk->priv);
+	pgste.cmma_d = 1;
+	pgste_set_unlock(ptep, pgste);
+
+	if (need_resched())
+		return next;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void _gmap_set_cmma_all(struct gmap *gmap, bool dirty)
+{
+	const struct dat_walk_ops ops = {
+		.pte_entry = dirty ? __set_cmma_dirty_pte : __set_cmma_clean_pte,
+	};
 	gfn_t gfn = 0;
 
 	do {
 		scoped_guard(read_lock, &gmap->kvm->mmu_lock)
 			gfn = _dat_walk_gfn_range(gfn, asce_end(gmap->asce), gmap->asce, &ops,
-						  DAT_WALK_IGN_HOLES, NULL);
+						  DAT_WALK_IGN_HOLES,
+						  &gmap->kvm->arch.cmma_dirty_pages);
 		cond_resched();
 	} while (gfn);
 }
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h
index 5374f21aaf8d..4e04fbd07696 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gmap.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int gmap_pv_destroy_range(struct gmap *gmap, gfn_t start, gfn_t end, bool interr
 int gmap_insert_rmap(struct gmap *sg, gfn_t p_gfn, gfn_t r_gfn, int level);
 int gmap_protect_rmap(struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc, struct gmap *sg, gfn_t p_gfn, gfn_t r_gfn,
 		      kvm_pfn_t pfn, int level, bool wr);
-void gmap_set_cmma_all_dirty(struct gmap *gmap);
+void _gmap_set_cmma_all(struct gmap *gmap, bool dirty);
 void _gmap_handle_vsie_unshadow_event(struct gmap *parent, gfn_t gfn);
 struct gmap *gmap_create_shadow(struct kvm_s390_mmu_cache *mc, struct gmap *gmap,
 				union asce asce, int edat_level);
@@ -197,6 +197,16 @@ static inline bool pte_needs_unshadow(union pte oldpte, union pte newpte, union
 	return !newpte.h.p || !newpte.s.pr;
 }
 
+static inline void gmap_set_cmma_all_dirty(struct gmap *gmap)
+{
+	_gmap_set_cmma_all(gmap, true);
+}
+
+static inline void gmap_set_cmma_all_clean(struct gmap *gmap)
+{
+	_gmap_set_cmma_all(gmap, false);
+}
+
 static inline union pgste _gmap_ptep_xchg(struct gmap *gmap, union pte *ptep, union pte newpte,
 					  union pgste pgste, gfn_t gfn, bool needs_lock)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 221b2fb199d4..9ad6bd4edbce 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1187,13 +1187,13 @@ static void kvm_s390_sync_request_broadcast(struct kvm *kvm, int req)
 
 /*
  * Must be called with kvm->srcu held to avoid races on memslots, and with
- * kvm->slots_lock to avoid races with ourselves and kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration.
+ * kvm->slots_lock to avoid races with ourselves, kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration(),
+ * and kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits().
  */
 static int kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct kvm_memory_slot *ms;
 	struct kvm_memslots *slots;
-	unsigned long ram_pages = 0;
 	int bkt;
 
 	/* migration mode already enabled */
@@ -1210,28 +1210,54 @@ static int kvm_s390_vm_start_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm_for_each_memslot(ms, bkt, slots) {
 		if (!ms->dirty_bitmap)
 			return -EINVAL;
-		ram_pages += ms->npages;
 	}
-	/* mark all the pages as dirty */
-	gmap_set_cmma_all_dirty(kvm->arch.gmap);
-	atomic64_set(&kvm->arch.cmma_dirty_pages, ram_pages);
-	kvm->arch.migration_mode = 1;
+	/*
+	 * Set the flag and let KVM handle ESSA manually, potentially setting
+	 * the cmma_d bit in some PGSTEs and increasing cmma_dirty_pages.
+	 * At this point cmma_dirty_pages is still 0, and all existing PGSTEs
+	 * have their cmma_d bit set to 0.
+	 * Any newly allocated page table has its entries marked as cmma-clean,
+	 * which is fine because the CMMA values are not dirty.
+	 */
+	WRITE_ONCE(kvm->arch.migration_mode, 1);
 	kvm_s390_sync_request_broadcast(kvm, KVM_REQ_START_MIGRATION);
+	/*
+	 * Mark all PGSTEs as cmma-dirty, increasing cmma_dirty_pages as needed,
+	 * but without double-counting pages that have become dirty on their own
+	 * in the meantime.
+	 * At this point some pages might have become dirty on their own already
+	 * and cmma_dirty_pages might therefore be non-zero.
+	 */
+	gmap_set_cmma_all_dirty(kvm->arch.gmap);
 	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
- * Must be called with kvm->slots_lock to avoid races with ourselves and
- * kvm_s390_vm_start_migration.
+ * Must be called with kvm->slots_lock to avoid races with ourselves,
+ * kvm_s390_vm_start_migration() and kvm_s390_get_cmma_bits().
  */
 static int kvm_s390_vm_stop_migration(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	/* migration mode already disabled */
 	if (!kvm->arch.migration_mode)
 		return 0;
-	kvm->arch.migration_mode = 0;
+	/*
+	 * Unset the flag and propagate to all vCPUs. From now on the cmma_d
+	 * bit will not be touched on any PGSTE.
+	 * At this point cmma_dirty_pages is possibly non-zero, and thus some
+	 * PGSTEs might have cmma_d set.
+	 */
+	WRITE_ONCE(kvm->arch.migration_mode, 0);
 	if (kvm->arch.use_cmma)
 		kvm_s390_sync_request_broadcast(kvm, KVM_REQ_STOP_MIGRATION);
+	/* Clear cmma_d on all existing PGSTEs and set cmma_dirty_pages to 0. */
+	gmap_set_cmma_all_clean(kvm->arch.gmap);
+	atomic64_set(&kvm->arch.cmma_dirty_pages, 0);
+	/*
+	 * At this point the system has the expected state: migration_mode is 0,
+	 * cmma_dirty_pages is 0, and all existing PGSTEs have their cmma_d bit
+	 * set to 0.
+	 */
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
index 9bc6fd02ff77..ad0ddc433a73 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/priv.c
@@ -1236,7 +1236,7 @@ static int handle_essa(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 						: ESSA_SET_STABLE_IF_RESIDENT))
 		return kvm_s390_inject_program_int(vcpu, PGM_SPECIFICATION);
 
-	if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.migration_mode) {
+	if (!READ_ONCE(vcpu->kvm->arch.migration_mode)) {
 		/*
 		 * CMMA is enabled in the KVM settings, but is disabled in
 		 * the SIE block and in the mm_context, and we are not doing